Times are changing, for the better in this case. Costa Rican officials have recently announced their plan to close the country’s public zoos (next year) in an effort to protect wildlife.
“One day, we took the parrot out to the patio, and a flock of wild parrots passed, and the parrot went with them,” he told La Nacion. “It made a big impression on me because I thought that we were taking good care of her. We fed her with food and affection. … all these things that we as humans thought she liked. And when she had the chance, she left.”
